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Baseball America has released its 100 Top Prospects list; it's available at their Website for those with subscriptions, and should also be on newsstands imminently. It's not telling tales out of school, however, to report that the Jays placed three prospects on the list: Dustin McGowan (36), Jayson Werth (94) and Jason Arnold (97). A few notes:

- Three placements is about middle-of-the-pack among major-league teams, though two prospects in the 90s isn't so hot.
- Neither Werth nor Arnold deserve their low ranking. Both Ja(y)sons likely will be solid contributors to the 2004 Jays, and Werth might well be in Toronto all season.
- McGowan is the only homegrown player on the list: the O's (Werth) and Yankees (Arnold) can take credit for the others.
- This shortage of homegrown talent will not last long. This time next year, look for these names on the list: Gabe Gross, Russ Adams, David Bush, Justin Maureau, Jason Perry.
Posted by Jordan on Monday, March 03 2003 @ 02:37 AM EST.
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Coach - Monday, March 03 2003 @ 04:48 PM EST (#95078) #
The BA chat with Jim Callis and Josh Boyd is free; here's what Boyd had to say about McGowan:

He's still a couple of years away. McGowan has frontline stuff and has only recently started to figure it out. The key for him is command. He'll probably end up throwing consistently in the mid-90s with a plus breaking ball and solid changeup. I don't think the current Blue Jays front office is in any hurry to rush a high school righthander--and they'll probably show more care than the previous regime did in rushing Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay into the bigs.

Brandon League is on the same path as McGowan, and they might both be worth waiting for, but there won't be many more 18-year-olds drafted by Toronto.
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_benum - Monday, March 03 2003 @ 05:50 PM EST (#95079) #
From John Sickels 50/50 list (50 best batters and 50 best pitchers)

24) Jayson Werth OF Blue Jays B+
30) John-Ford Griffin OF Blue Jays B+
50) Russ Adams SS-2B Blue Jays B

17) Jason Arnold RHP Blue Jays B+
38) Dustin McGowan RHP Blue Jays B+

I'm waiting for his 2003 Baseball Prospect Book:
http://www.mastersball.com/sickels/
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Pistol - Tuesday, March 04 2003 @ 09:28 AM EST (#95080) #
FWIW - Here's a breakdown of the number of 'A' prospects, 'B' prospects, and the sum of the 2 according to Sickels new book (for simplicity a B- and B+ prospect are equals, etc..). Sorting is descending by total sum of A and B prospects.

Team, A, B, A+B
Cleveland 3 14 17
Colorado 0 14 14
Arizona 1 10 11
Atlanta 1 10 11
Chicago (NL) 1 10 11
Los Angeles 0 11 11
Toronto 0 11 11
Anaheim 2 8 10
Seattle 1 9 10
Detroit 0 9 9
Florida 3 6 9
Milwaukee 0 9 9
Minnesota 3 6 9
Oakland 1 8 9
Philadelphia 1 8 9
San Fran 3 6 9
Chicago (AL) 0 8 8
Tampa Bay 0 8 8
Houston 0 7 7
NY Mets 1 6 7
Pittsburgh 0 7 7
San Diego 0 7 7
St Louis 0 7 7
Kansas City 0 6 6
NY Yankees 0 6 6
Boston 0 5 5
Cincinatti 0 5 5
Texas 1 4 5
Montreal 0 4 4
Baltimore 0 3 3
Total 22 232 254
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